Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: Sources: the Irish DPC is set to hand Meta a record EU privacy fine and order the company to halt data transfers to the US that rely on certain clauses  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. is set to be handed a record European Union privacy fine for failing to heed a top court warning aimed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Heather Kelly / Washington Post: Uber plans to let minors aged 13 to 17 ride solo for the first time in select US and Canadian cities starting on May 22, requiring a special family account  —  Kids between 13 and 17 years old will soon be able to hail a ride in an Uber  —  Until now, teenagers weren’t supposed to ride alone in an Uber. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Peter Landers / Wall Street Journal: IBM plans to give $100M and Google $50M for quantum computing research to the University of Chicago and the University of Tokyo ahead of the G7 summit  —  Deal to be announced at Hiroshima G-7 summit seeks to preserve American lead in critical technology  —  TOKYO—IBM and Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme